NJ man face money laundering, trafficking charges

NEWARK (AP)  Federal prosecutors say a central New Jersey man laundered more than $1 million he earned by trafficking in counterfeit male enhancement supplements imported from China.

Shuja Ali Syed was arrested Wednesday morning by federal agents and was due to make his first court appearance later in the day. The 52-year-old Woodbridge Township resident faces up to 30 years in prison if convicted.

Prosecutors say that between February 2012 and January of this year, Syed sold the counterfeit products to undercover law enforcement agents and other people in New Jersey and New York.

And from December 2011 through November 2012, he allegedly deposited more than $600,000 into bank accounts and wired more than $1 million to China, all of which were proceeds from the illegal importation and sales of the products.